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Landsat Data Continuity Mission Awaits Liftoff
When the newest Landsat spacecraft trains its state-of-the-art sensors on Earth's surface, it will provide images of our ever-changing planet in unparalleled clarity.
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TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net
NASA's first launch of 2013 will lift upgraded communications satellite into orbit.
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Twin Probes to Study Radiation Belts
Radiation Belt Storm Probes will study Earth's ever-changing radiation belts in greater detail than ever before.
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CSI: NASA
Failure analysis lab engineers call on technology, smarts and persistance to find out what happened when a launch goes wrong.
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NuSTAR to Open X-ray Eyes on Universe
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is to focus its instruments on the high-energy universe.
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Launches Test Flight Design Teams
Monitoring a rocket heading into space takes a careful team of analysts and engineers to plot a course and set up tracking for it.
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Weather Forecasters Balance Experience with Technology
Meteorologists have to be precise in their forecasts, keeping in mind a successful mission depends on their call.
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Aiming for an Open Window
Why schedule a rocket launch for the middle of the night, or aim for a liftoff time when weather is unlikely to cooperate? The simplicity of the question belies the complexity of the answer.
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Mars Rover Well-Equipped for Studies
NASA's Curiosity rover is outfitted with everything a geologist needs on a remote world.
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Launch Team Focuses on Unique Needs of Curiosity
The Mars Science Laboratory will demand a lot of power, too much for solar panels. So NASA is using a differrent source of fuel.
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Launch Services Program Info Now on NASA App
On the go and looking for information about NASA's Launch Services Program? Now, there's an app for that.
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GRAIL Puts MoonKAM in Students' Control
Classrooms to become mini mission control centers.
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Twin GRAIL Spacecraft to Map the Moon's Gravity
Two lunar orbiters will work together to reveal clues about our moon's thermal history, and how the inner solar system's rocky planets developed.
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Juno Ready to Launch to Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft stands atop an Atlas V rocket poised to begin a five-year flight to Jupiter.
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Juno's Solar Cells Ready to Light Up Jupiter Mission
NASA's Juno spacecraft is going to deep space on solar array power.
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Students to Design Tiny Satellite for Future Launch Services Program Mission
Merritt Island High School engineering club members are taking their vibration data collection idea to new heights
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Taurus XL Ready to Launch Glory Spacecraft
The Glory spacecraft is ready to survey the world's atmosphere for aerosols while the Taurus Xl preps for its return to flight.
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Delta Rocket Family Celebrates 50 Years of Durability
The Delta launch vehicle continues to successfully launch significant payloads safely into space.
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NASA Launches GOES-P to Monitor Earth's Weather
The partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continue with latest launch.
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SDO to Spike Vital Space Weather Data
SDO is set to relay tons of data about the Sun and its affect on the Earth.